You may not be familiar with the McConaghy brand... and yet, this shipyard was not born yesterday! The manufacturer was founded in 1967 in Australia by John McConaghy and started its activity with the production of 16 to 18 feet yawls. Then it turned to Moths and other sailing dinghies or Tornado catamarans.
More than 50 years of experience
The shipyard swapped plywood for fiberglass before opting for foamed sandwich and then Kevlar. In 2000, Jono Morris and Mark Evans, two employees of the shipyard, took over the company and expanded it.
The company then partnered with Tiger Group and opened another production facility in China. In nearly 55 years of existence, McConaghy has become a reference in the construction of composite boats and produces very different kind of units, from the famous America's Cup boats to the Volvo Ocean Race ships, including superyachts, cruising multihulls and the already famous AC40, a high-performance hydrofoil boat.
The builder of America's Cup boats
The range of cruising catamarans extends from 55 to 115 feet; the MC60, now renamed MC62, is therefore one of the "smallest" in the family. Presented in 2018, the catamaran, which is almost entirely customizable, was built in three copies and even though it is still available for order, it is now changing its name to MC62, with, in the process, some small improvements.
Generally speaking, the McConaghy shipyard is far from the concept of mass production, and there is no exception when it comes to its cruising multihulls.
